People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory
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The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that plays an important role in their daily lives. But between 5-10 per cent of the population do not have the same experience of an inner voice, and they find it more difficult to perform certain verbal memory tasks, new research shows.
  • @SpaceNoodleEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    Oh, that’s what meditation is supposed to be? Now I get why I never got it.

    • @CryophiliaEnglish
      0•6 months ago

      Yeah it confused me for so long

      Instructor: “what I want you to do is stop thinking”

      Me, internally: okay, done

      Instructor: “I know that may be the hardest thing to ask, but I want you to quiet your mind”

      Me, internally: yep, already did it

      Instructor: “once you learn how to stop the constant parade of thoughts in your head and just listen to the world around you, you will find great peace”

      Me, internally: I do that all the time what

      • @SpaceNoodleEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        Stopping the thoughts is distinct from stopping the voices.

        • @CryophiliaEnglish
          -1•6 months ago

          Yes, neither one is difficult for me but I gather it is for people with a monologue.

          • @TodayEnglish
            2•6 months ago

            I don’t have words in my head but i still have thoughts that keep me awake. I’ve been practicing turning off my thoughts to sleep better. I focus hard on relaxing each body part for 3 breaths starting with a foot.